Ezra 2:26-36

26 The Bnei Ramah and Geva, 621.

27 The men of Michmas, 122.

28 The men of Beit-El and Ai, 223.

29 The Bnei Nevo, 52.

30 The Bnei Magbish, 156.

31 The children of the other Elam, 1,254.

32 The Bnei Charim, 320.

33 The Bnei Lod, Chadid and Ono, 725.

34 The Bnei Yericho, 345.

35 The Bnei Senaah, 3,630.

36 The kohanim; the Bnei Yedayah, of the Bais Yeshua, 973.

Ezra 2:26-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 2

This chapter contains a list of those that went up from Babylon to Jerusalem, of their leaders, their chief men, princes and priests, Ezr 2:1,2 of the people, described by their families, towns, and cities, and number of persons, Ezr 2:3-35, of the priests, Levites, and Nethinims, Ezr 2:36-58, and of those that could not make out their genealogy, people and priests, Ezr 2:59-63, and then the sum total of the whole congregation is given, Ezr 2:64, besides men and maidservants, singing men and women, and cattle of divers sorts, Ezr 2:65-67, and the chapter is closed with an account of the freewill offerings of the principal men towards the building of the temple, and of the settlement of the people in their respective cities, Ezr 2:68-70.